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					Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis  Pedant alert:
 It's a fun problem, but it works every year.  You just would have added 1757 or 1756 last year and 1756 or 1755 the year before.  If you do the algebra where x is the first number you choose, you'll see.
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 I suspected that! Thanks for confirming-I just copied it so I claim no credit for the 2008 thing 
